Thirteen years ago, Nova Scotia drew up a law to protect people from harm by unregulated, untrained security guards – and then never enacted it. Two grieving families says it’s time for that to change
The minister who oversees Nova Scotia's Liquor Control Act says there's nothing in the legislation that allows the province to intervene in situations where there are allegations of dangerous behaviour toward patrons by security staff at bars.
Wayne MacKay, professor emeritus at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law, says there is "a significant legislative gap" when it comes to in-house security at bars.